Gladys, and The Pig Man

This story was told to me by Pixie Daly, a lovely woman who lived her life here on the Sunshine Cost and had many friends until she died in her nineties in 2011.  Her stories touch on the early days: one road, no cars, travel by boat, being a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital, fishermen lost at sea, frozen lakes in the winter, the perils of long distances between the logging camps, the hazards of fog on the water when everyday you travelled by boat. A ‘marvellous regatta”, a nurse lost for 24 hours, an unforgettable character named Gladys — and her husband, the Pig Man.

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Pixie’s stories were featured in the theatrical production called THE LIFE WE LIVED and share space with other stories told here in these podcasts.

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